03-23-2006, 11:47 PM
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* Congress president Sonia Gandhi's renunciation of posts of profit has set a difficult benchmark for some women politicians who have often been flaunting the fact that they are above suspicion. The whole controversy about Members of Parliament holding offices of profit could plunge two very senior and respected lawmakers into an embarrassing situation. <b>The eminent Gandhian, Ms Nirmala Deshpande, who is member of the Rajya Sabha, holds the office of the vice-chairperson of the Rajghat Samadhi Samiti and many other similar Gandhian bodies.</b> All these organisations are quasi-government organisation with some being headed by the Prime Minister. Similarly another eminent women member of the Rajya Sabha Dr Kapila Vatsayayan could find it difficult to save her seat. Recently nominated to the Upper House by the <b>President, Dr Vatsayayan, a leading Nehruvian scholar, heads the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, another quasi-government organisation</b>. Now will the two wait for a law to save them or go the 'Gandhian' way of renunciation? Only time would answer
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* Congress president Sonia Gandhi's renunciation of posts of profit has set a difficult benchmark for some women politicians who have often been flaunting the fact that they are above suspicion. The whole controversy about Members of Parliament holding offices of profit could plunge two very senior and respected lawmakers into an embarrassing situation. <b>The eminent Gandhian, Ms Nirmala Deshpande, who is member of the Rajya Sabha, holds the office of the vice-chairperson of the Rajghat Samadhi Samiti and many other similar Gandhian bodies.</b> All these organisations are quasi-government organisation with some being headed by the Prime Minister. Similarly another eminent women member of the Rajya Sabha Dr Kapila Vatsayayan could find it difficult to save her seat. Recently nominated to the Upper House by the <b>President, Dr Vatsayayan, a leading Nehruvian scholar, heads the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, another quasi-government organisation</b>. Now will the two wait for a law to save them or go the 'Gandhian' way of renunciation? Only time would answer
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